On Tuesday, Michigan Attorney General
Dana Nessel intervened in DTE’s recently filed gas rate case as an advocate for
DTE’s natural gas customers across the state.
In the case, docket number U-21291 before
the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), DTE requests a $266 million
annual increase in gas rates, a nearly 10% increase for residential customers.
The attorney general, along with her expert witnesses, will carefully examine
DTE’s request and will argue against any increases in costs that are not
reasonable and tailored to provide benefits to DTE’s customers.
“We will approach DTE’s latest gas rate increase request as we have every one that has come before it, and work to ensure that natural gas costs are affordable for our state’s utility customers,” said Nessel. “This is yet another in a continuing string of multi-hundred-million-dollar cases brought by the company. My team and its experts will carefully examine DTE’s requested increases and strongly object to any that are unreasonable or are more aligned to shareholder benefits than ensuring ratepayers can keep their homes warm all winter. I remain concerned about the clear pattern of repeated rate increases that come before the Commission, one right after the last.”
DTE provides natural gas to 1.3 million customers across the state and electricity to approximately 2.2 million customers in Southeast Michigan.
